ERIC Number: EJ1443185
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Oct
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0038-0407
EISSN: EISSN-1939-8573
Capital Flight: Examining Teachers' Socioeconomic Status and Early Career Retention
Andrew Brantlinger; Ashley Anne Grant
Sociology of Education, v97 n4 p363-383 2024
This article investigates the understudied relationship between teacher socioeconomic status (SES) and retention. Drawing on Bourdieu's theory of social reproduction and longitudinal data from 378 mathematics teachers, we use logistic regression to examine whether teacher SES, conceptualized and measured in terms of their economic, social, and cultural capital, is associated with their school, district, and professional retention at five years. We find teacher SES to be significantly related to retention at five years, and this is independent of teacher race. Practically, the study suggests that incorporating teacher SES into teacher recruitment and selection efforts, as has been done with teacher race, might be a valuable next step for schools and districts in which teacher retention has been a long-standing, serious issue.
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Socioeconomic Status, Teacher Persistence, Social Capital, Cultural Capital, Beginning Teachers, Faculty Mobility, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Selection, Social Class, Career Pathways
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1535251